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GARY CHARLES DAVID
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 20, 1949 – March 1, 1971
Service recordGary Charles David, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ew/Sigint Morse Interceptor (05H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 13
- ARNOLD RAY BENTONStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1971
- PAUL VERNON BLACKWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1971
- RICHARD SAULERS BOWERSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
- JAMES HAMILTON COLBERTSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD SAULERS BOWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 13
- JAMES HAMILTON COLBERTSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 13
- THOMAS EDWARD ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 14
- FRANK AGUAN SABLANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 15
From Pottstown
- RONALD J SEASHOLTZSergeant · April 11, 1966
- ROY ROBERT LAPISHSergeant First Class · March 4, 1967
- STANLEY DAVIDHEISER JRLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LARRY WADEFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1967
- DENNIS J MILLERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SOVIZALSecond Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- LEE SCOTT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · April 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS WILLARD GUEST JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- JOSEPH RONALD SMOYERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.